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Re: Can winning $50 make you incredibly happy?
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Oilacris
on 27/06/2025, 19:18:56 UTC
$50 in our country is an estimate minimum wage for a week in the country side. And that's surely going to give happiness to those folks that have jobs that earns them at least this amount for a week. But it's not advisable for them to gamble with such amounts because rates in the country side are very low. It doesn't makes sense for them to gamble at that and for those folks like me living in the center, this is just like a few days of meals but it's still gonna give me a lighten up for the expenses that I am paying weekly and monthly. So, that's the worth of it on me and like others, I'm happy if I win.
Yes, this is why it would be that situational because not all people are living on the same side of the world on which $50 could be that big or could be that a dust amount. It all matters about on where you do live and thats why its not shocking that people will be having that different sentiment on a certain amount on which it will be basing up on the value of it. What matter most on here is that whether you do win up bigger or smaller than that then you do know on when to cash out or make out some withdrawal at the time or moment that you do made out some win and not just that losing it back again into the casino on which this is the usual case for most people. There are those times or moments that you do become greedy on which you would be able to forget on doing up the right thing at the time that you do gamble or able to hit up such situation. What matter most on here is that you do enjoy and be happy into your gambling session rather than on becoming stressful.
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Re: Losing time in gambling is worse than losing money.
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Oilacris
on 27/06/2025, 17:10:42 UTC
If you’re someone who values your time, you really need to be careful when taking risks in gambling. Always stay responsible to avoid this from happening. Instead of using that time to improve yourself, you get carried away and end up wasting it all on something that doesn’t even give you anything back.
Most of what I hear is that if you really value your time then you should not spend it on gambling which only drains money. Instead of focusing on gambling it is better to try to reduce gambling activities little by little and eventually be able to get out. Because not caring about the lure of winning rewards basically you lose more than you win.
Actually its not that bad to gamble as long you do make yourself that responsible on which it will be that just that depending on a certain individual because there are those situations on which you do find yourself that becoming that too greedy and this is where main issues would be starting out to come out at the moment or time that you have no money to be spend up already. People wont be able to realize it not until they would be able to experience the worst and just like on what we are that talking on here about losing money and also that losing up that precious time then it wouldnt be just that right that you should be that spending up that much when it comes to the time spent that you would be having in gambling. You can play but not on the sense that you do spend up soo much time with it on which it comes into a point that it isnt that worth on spending up your time into. There's that always the limitation on which you shouldnt be that go beyond past those limits or simply you should be that playing gambling on your vacant times.
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Re: Excitement in gambling and How to Control Yourself ?
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Oilacris
on 26/06/2025, 14:26:41 UTC
Your right excitement is one thing that we as gambler's should always be watch out for because it one thing that is not too good because when you get too over excited you become more overzealous and can be get carried away which can be a deadly to you as a gambler

Being a gambler should make you be mindful of how you react to the outcome of your bets. You don't have to be too happy or sad when the outcome of your bets needs those emotions. Being too happy can make you to be over confident and this mightn't end up well for you. Being too sad too can make you have a mindset of revenging your losses which isn't something that you're supposed to be doing. Without knowing how to control your emotions, you won't be able to get far as a gambler because your emotions will be getting the best of you always. You win a little and you're getting carried away with excitement and jubilations. Your little wins can be celebrated while you wait for the bigger wins but know how to keep things under control to avoid overreacting
Doesnt matter whether on monthly or weekly as long you are that holding up your budget then that would be the most important thing of all. If you arent that good when it comes to handling or control specially on funds then it will be bringing out that kind of devastation into your finances on which it could that make you regret in the end of the line. Control and discipline is very crucial specially when handling out gambling because on the moment that you do neglect out such thing then you would be ending up on having that kind of potential problem on which it will be causing up that huge effect when it comes into your finances. So its always been best that you do know on what are the situations or conditions that you are into because at the time that you are that neglecting out all of those risks involved then it will be giving out that negative impact on which you might be that having that regret in the end.
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Re: Sports betting as investing
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Oilacris
on 26/06/2025, 12:40:29 UTC
Since the only way to win in sports betting, according to those who claim to be successful  is to treat it like investing, I think that idea actually makes sense. So for our fellow sports bettors here, I’d like to throw this question based on your personal understanding:

How do you turn sports betting into something like investing?

What mindset or approach do you use to treat it seriously, like you're managing a portfolio?
On the moment that you do think up this way then it do proves out that you are already that addicted to gambling or betting. Why? If we do just that make use of our own common sense then we can be able to tell that its never been that considered to be an investment. For someone who do have that kind of approach on making it as an investment then that certainly on the level of addiction. No one on their right minds would be someone telling that this could be treated up on this way. We do know that on the moment that you do able to treat it up on that way then you are that becoming that too emotional or being that too serious on making money out of it on which we know that there's no assurance on every bet would be ending up on being a win. There's always that possibility that you could be able to blown up entirely your bankroll or balance or capital at the moment that you do made out some bets. Its always been ideal that you should be that only betting for the sake of fun.
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Re: Entertainment Mindset = Losing Bets?
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Oilacris
on 25/06/2025, 13:42:06 UTC
But when I start believing that I can actually be profitable, that’s when I do the work. I study the games before betting, and that’s when I start getting better results.
Not everyone plays like you.

This kind of mindset where you take gambling as an entertainment is just to manage how you react to losses. If you treated gambling as a source of income, you will be desperate and most likely not think straight out of desperation. You will be more frustrated and eager to win since you take it seriously.

Some people give it their all efforts even if it is just for fun. So not everyone plays like you. They simply study everything for the love of sport and gambling.
Once that desperation kicks in then this is the moment on which you can be able to say that you would definitely be having that kind of impulsiveness at the time or moment that you do play gambling. There's still that chance that you can be that addicted because of having these kind of thoughts into your mind. When you do play gambling then everything should be done for the sake of fun and entertainment and nothing on making it some sort of income then it will be that resulting into that huge problem specially if addiction shackles you in. There's no way that you can be able to find yourself be falling it out gradually specially if you are already compromising your funds then this is where issues would be that starting out to come out when your money is already that being affected or comes into a point that you cant play anymore due to shortage of funds.
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Re: Betting on the war
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Oilacris
on 25/06/2025, 12:57:35 UTC

I would be going to an extreme to close down polymarket because they dared to offer a market for people to bet on a conflict which could be serious enough to spark a worldwide war,

The people running Polymarket are unethical, and if they persist in doing this, the ax will be on them. They can be considered warmongers because they encourage wars instead of one of the platforms calling a stop to this insanity.
Polymarket is a bad precedent; there could be more coming up. Seeing how profitable this platform is, they should heed the call of the community to moderate bets and not let bets like this come out.
There's still no action in regarding on listing out these kind of bets on which I do highly agree that there should be some limits or having those prohibitions on when on a certain betting line should be that opened or not that being allowed. We are talking some big business on here and these owners wont be caring about even if it means that they will be betting on peoples lives and this is indeed not ethical at all. Dont know on what up into their minds on how they do consider out such bet on which we know that its never been that good on betting on someone is dying just because of being affected with this war that is currently happening. I wont be shocked if one day Polymarket would be having some issues about this on the near future but well as long the business runs then they wouldnt be caring about few sentiments towards this type of bets.
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Re: Losing time in gambling is worse than losing money.
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Oilacris
on 24/06/2025, 08:59:25 UTC
We all know you can never get time back, and when you’re losing in gambling and not even enjoying it, that’s time wasted too. Double the stress means a bad day, and sometimes it carries over, because there are always consequences when you’re addicted to gambling.

If you’re someone who values your time, you really need to be careful when taking risks in gambling. Always stay responsible to avoid this from happening. Instead of using that time to improve yourself, you get carried away and end up wasting it all on something that doesn’t even give you anything back.
Just like they always said that there is time for everything, that is how gambling is supposed to be. However, as a good gambler that normally gamble fun and entertainment wouldn't going to see gambling as a waste of time. While because they have already knows what gambling is all about, once a gambler always gamble responsibly without getting addicted to gambling he wouldn't going to see it as a waste of time. It is only when you view gambling as a source of income, then at the end it doesn't work out as planned that is when you are going to see it as a waste of time. If not I didn't see it that way.
This is true on which we do know that leisure time is included with that and managing time is the most crucial thing and everything which is excessive is never been that ideal or something that you do need up to tolerate. You should be that mindful about your time and its always been best that you should prioritize on what are things that needs up to be prioritized.
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Re: The main thing is to stop in time.
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Oilacris
on 24/06/2025, 07:58:48 UTC
In my opinion, to resist temptation, you have to give in to temptation but with awareness.
We know we can't resist, avoiding playing doesn't help, in fact it makes you want to play more.
Instead, playing in moderation and without exaggerating can satisfy your appetite.
Somehow I seriously doubt that you can satisfy your appetite if you gamble moderately. Is that even possible? This approach didn't help me much. On the contrary, I wanted to gamble even more. It's better to give up gambling completely if you've already developed a strong urge. And there's no need to even talk about addiction. It still hasn't gone away. Yes, it's become much smaller, but it still exists. Why does this happen? It's all about our mind. It remembers wonderful moments and wants to repeat them over and over again.
Each person is that different when it comes to tolerance and the level of patience and control when it comes on various things on which you can see that there are people who can be able to make up such control but majority or most of the time these people do fail on reaching this one out. There's no way that you can be able to stop other people on to making up such action specially their mind is already that made up that they will be that proceeding on playing just because they are hoping that they can be able to make money with it.
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Re: can you stop?
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Oilacris
on 23/06/2025, 21:59:07 UTC
Some of us have a hard time stopping when we’re already losing. We tend to chase losses and end up burning through whatever balance is left in our account.

Sometimes, we even have a set amount meant to last for a week of gambling but once we start losing, we get caught in that mindset of trying to recover fast. We start gambling like there’s no tomorrow. What makes it worse is when our bet size increases along with the frustration.

It starts off manageable, maybe $10 per bet, but then it turns into $100 just because we’re trying to win it all back.

So the real question is: can you stop and call it a day when things aren’t going your way?
On the moment that your losing then the primary thing that comes up into your mind is on how you would be able to recover those loses on which this is actually normal because on the time that you do become impulsive then you cant be able to think up well because the thing that you would be trying out to do is on how you would be able to recover on what you had lost and even trying out to breakeven it on chasing up some potential wins on your next rolls or bets and this what makes that gambling to be a very profitable business into those people who are that making this one because they are utilizing peoples greed with this one then it will be that up to you on how you do made out such actions as an individual because your primary thinking is on how you would be able to make out such recovery and this is why everyone fails on this one. You are definitely be trying out to recover on what you have lost and would be tending out to do as long you do have some amounts into your pocket. The main issue on here is not on gambling but also this is because of your mentality and so was with the emotions you do have.
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Re: Betting on the war
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Oilacris
on 23/06/2025, 21:39:31 UTC
When the Pope was being decided in the conclave, people were betting on it. When there was hurricane or typhoons, people would also bet on the casualties. Have you seen people bet on about the war between Iran and Israel and now USA too?

If yes, do you think it is morally or ethically correct? For me, no. There are real people's lives at stake here. I think it is so tone deaf for people to bet on their lives. What do you think?
I wouldnt be having that kind of liking on betting on wars or about into something which is not ethical for me. I can bet on other things but not on peoples lives when it comes into this aspect. We do know that on the moment that you do have that kind of thinking about betting on war then it will be that included about on betting on someones lost lives and thats not ethical for me as a human. I can bet on others but not on this one, this isnt just that limited to ward but also in other things like on religious aspect or as long into those things that involves human lives and other things on which it isnt just that right to make up some bets on. There are just that those things on which we should pass or let it be on which on this world everything could turned out to be a bet and that do really sucks.
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Re: How do you handle near misses in gambling?
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Oilacris
on 20/06/2025, 02:03:08 UTC

Force your brain not to make stupid moves that could compromise your economy.
It's true, it used to happen to me a lot before, because of the adrenaline of the activity or something, I felt like I couldn't do the bets well, I don't know, it was something strange, it was like I was calm but I was making clumsy movements and that made me make mistakes and consequently lose money, sometimes that happens, then I realized that this is a consequence of the emotions, I learned to control it because losing money because of that was not fair.



When you do able to experience those near misses then the primary thing that would come up into your mind is that you are almost there. You do almost hit up the sweet spot and as long you've seen that you do still have some balance into your gambling account then you would be pushing it through and would be continuing to play no matter what until you do able to hit up your goal. We do know that on the moment that you do have that kind of mindset then it will be that so hard for you to stop and be able to have that kind of control because your mind and emotions are in line on what you are trying out to achieve. There are just that those moments or times that you dont care about into the risks involved or on whats ahead as long you do able to hit up your goal then this will be your main priority. There are just that those people who are aware of their actions but still that continuing just because they are all doing it for fun and leisure on which on this way on which we can say that this is a good behavior.
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Re: I will stop gambling.
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Oilacris
on 20/06/2025, 01:11:58 UTC
Have you ever been in that situation yourself? How many times have you promised yourself you'd stop gambling only to find you're still doing it today?
Okay, I admit it, sometimes.  Cheesy
When I deposited and my balance quickly wiped out.
I always said to myself to stop gambling, but when I was in a bored stage, it always triggered me to gamble again.

Maybe just because I treat gambling as for fun, it relieves my stress when I'm gambling.
While I'm relaxing, it comes to my mind to gamble, but luckily, I'm able to manage myself not to become addicted and know my limit.
Thats what makes this gambling business to be profitable is just that because gamblers couldnt be able to resist that kind of temptation to play again specially if they are on boredom or even just that simply trying out to recover on what they have lost. Its not new anymore and this is the main reason on why gamblers life do messed up just because they've been that too greedy and this what makes them having that kind of perseverance on playing up more because they are believing into something like making a huge money with gambling or could be able to recover on what they had lost. Some are just that saying that they are just playing for the sake of fun and entertainment but ended up on getting addicted just because they cant be able to control up their emotions or the moment that they are playing gambling on which do shows that having that lack of control and discipline.
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Re: Excitement in gambling and How to Control Yourself ?
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Oilacris
on 19/06/2025, 14:05:06 UTC
If ppl don't control themself they're going to become addicted. It's sad because ppl who're controlling themself can become addicted but don't know it. I'll advise ppl to find excitement doing other things because gambling isn't good.

I wouldn't say that gambling is not a good thing. If a person realizes the risks and has good discipline, then, in this case, gambling can be just a hobby without negative consequences.
But at the same time, if a person has a strong addiction, it does not lead to anything good in any kind of activity, not only in gambling.
Gambling was never been a bad thing, the only what makes it bad is basing up into the peoples actions that they've been doing. If they were just that being sensible into the actions that they are taking and not just that making themselves getting that delusional then there's no actually an issue with this. There are just that those individuals who are that too greedy and cant be able to control out that kind of urge when they do play gambling. Each person would be that different when it comes to mentality on which this will always reflects out into the actions that they are that doing just because if a certain person do have that much greater love for making money then dealing up with gambling will be that just triggers out that greed inside on which this will be causing up that kind of action on which they will be messing up their lives because of that if they cant be able to stop immediately.
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Re: Should money be loan or given in this circumstance?
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Oilacris
on 19/06/2025, 12:31:19 UTC
I will advice him to stop gambling. I will not help him at all than to buy only food for him and it will not be expensive ones but cheap ones. He should stop the addiction and start a better life. It is as simple as that.

This decision might seem cruel to a lot of people but in life hard choices must be made for the greater good...if you don't treat the situation like this the addicted gambler might just continue feeding his addictions.. Gambling addicts have a way of manipulating and gas lighting people when they don't get what they want, it's important for people to recognize this and stop falling for it.. seeking help is the first step the gambler can make
Rejecting those request doesnt mean that you intentionally that not want to lend money and we do simply have those reasons. If you are that having some concern into other peoples condition specially if you have known that he/she is that being addicted to gambling then why you would be letting them borrow money into you on which you do know that this could result into that potential even more addiction and this isnt that a good thing on your part that you are also one of the reason on why you are trying out to mess up his/her life even more. It will be just that too impossible that you cant be able to determine about on whats good and whats bad in between things. There are those actions on which we do need up to do just because we are hoping something that it could lessen out somehow that potential problem might rise even more in the future.
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Re: Is Gambling Affect Education/Studies?
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Oilacris
on 18/06/2025, 11:11:25 UTC
Absolutely it has a significant impact, after all any type of addiction affects study and school.
The choice is crucial especially if you happen to make some small win, for an adult maybe it is not a big deal, but for a kid
who doesn't have an income anyway, getting a win without struggling and without sacrifice, could interpret it as easy money and that's when the damage has been done.

It is also significant to point out, most children and teens see at gambling and interpret it is nothing but a game and they could get consistent money from gambling because they believe they believe it is possible for them to get "better" at that game, which is false.
In childhood and teen years, most of the activities people partake in are skill based, so the extrapolate that experience to gamble.

In the end, when they realize there is no skill to develop when comes to gambling and luck is the only factor which matters on casinos, it is already too late for them, many becoming passive addicts or get desperate to recover money they lost (which belonged to their parents in the first place).  
For those young minds that sees out these gambling ads or someone who do play neither physical or online, then there's always that kind of curiosity on which it will be kicking and this what makes them that doing up such actions on which it will be that trying or testing it out and since this do pertain about making money then this will be firing up that kind of interest on dealing up with it because nowadays on which even youngsters do already know the importance of money on which means that if they do have the chance or opportunity on dealing up with something that could give out that kind of opportunity then they would be actually be doing it and this is just that normal. This is where its that important to have that kind of guidance of the parents specially to those who are still young on which they are that subject into those potential influences and if its not that being controlled then it will be leading into these kind of disaster.
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Re: Should money be loan or given in this circumstance?
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Oilacris
on 18/06/2025, 09:43:16 UTC
Well I don't know how this question will look like but I have to ask, because I need people's ideas in this situation that am in right now.
So here is my question, If you have a family member or a friend with gambling problem, as in he or she is so addicted to gambling to an extend what he or she thinks about is nothing but gambling, if he or she ran into financial problems and come to you to loan he or her money. are you going to loan the person the money? 
Remember it's tough for a family member and a friend to watch their person with gambling problem run into financial problems and refuse to help.
And am also having this thought that if you bail a family member or friend with gambling problem, that they don't have to face the financial problems and they will continue to gamble, adding to future problems.
For me, then i would definitely decline or telling that i dont have spare money to lend him/her. As much as possible on which you shouldnt be tolerating your friend or family to play gambling and instead you should be giving out some advise that he/she should be refraining on doing or dealing up with gambling. Sometimes we are all that not wanting to get involved into the things that they are dealing on with because they are already mature enough to tell on whats wrong and whats right but due to the fact that there are some moments or times that you would be needing up for them to make them realize that they arent doing something good or something which is sensible and responsible. If they do hear out with those advises then its good but if its not then it will be that just depending on them on which they wont be able to feel out those consequences until it comes. Regrets do always come at the end and if you arent that mindful then for sure you would be able to feel it later on.
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Re: How much money do you have to lose before gambling is a problem?
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Oilacris
on 17/06/2025, 09:42:55 UTC
If you want to know how much money you need to have drowned before gambling becomes the issue then you should also ask how much money do you need to win before you know that gambling is also the problem.

If you know that before you make any gamble that there are chances that you either win or lose then you will not need to know how much you need to lose or win before you call it a day. Gambling will not be your major problem if only you can gamble responsibly.
Many years ago, I lost a sum of money that would have been enough to buy a used local car. I took this money out on credit from a bank. Now it’s hard for me to imagine that I was capable of such a thing. How deep did you have to get into gambling to do that? It still remains a mystery. It was most likely already an addiction, and a very serious one. At that time, I didn’t have this understanding. It came later, when people close to me started telling me about it. Even then, I didn’t want to believe it, but I still had to come to the realization of this fact. Through force and pain. How else?
People do only completely stop at the moment that they are experiencing the worst situation that they had never been able to experience for the rest of their lives on which they should have been able to avoid it out if they were that experiencing the worst but beforehand they wouldnt be that mindful about into this aspect just because they are that being that still fine or doesnt that experience any issues but on the moment that they are experiencing the opposite then they will be that learning from it. Some do able to realize and made out some limits but there are people who cant be able to made out such changes and just continuing on what they are doing just because they are forcing that they will become that profitable later on with gambling on which this is a very bad mindset to have. If you are someone that being delusional with gambling then you are bound on messing up your life with and if you arent that good on adjusting yourself then you do end up on miserable.
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Re: How do you spend your gambling wins?
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Oilacris
on 17/06/2025, 06:06:36 UTC

I like to think of my gambling wins as an income boost and depending on the amount, I always prefer using it to solve a particular issue or purchase a need that would always remind me of the winning.

Let's hear from you, how do you think gambling winnings should be spent?
That's the right thing to do, but never think that you can make gambling a part of your job that you will do often to augment your income, because it will do the opposite, draining your finances.
We should not think that gambling is income generation, because casinos are not meant to be like that; only the casino operators make a continuous profit from the casino, just be contented with your winning, and play with no expectation.

Making gambling to be part of your income source is somewhat do shows that you are being that delusional and making yourself that trying out to make gambling to be part of it on which we know that its impossible. If ever you have been able to win up sometimes in gambling then its not bad but of course making use of it whether it would be worthy or not but most of the time on which people will be liking too spend up on something and not focusing too much about other aspects like putting up on investment or not. Actually it will be that just that depending into someones preference when it comes to this since not all people will be having the same mindset on using up things specially money. Spending something like easy money then you wont be thinking up that much because the primary thing that comes up into your mind that you can make another batch of winning when you do play on which this is a very wrong mindset because instead of securing those wins you would rather be spending it back again into the house.
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Re: Are old stats useful for soccer bettors if coaches and players change?
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Oilacris
on 16/06/2025, 11:20:05 UTC
In my opinion, results or performance in the past 1 or 2 years can still be treated as old stats, though it can be useful but some people prefer to use just a one year stats or the statistics of that current season. There was a topic created last week about using recency stats and I think someone made a comment in that thread stating that they only uses the most recent performance or changes in the team's previous 1 or 2 match to make prediction of the next match outcome. Simply means that different bettors have option they explore and it works for them.
It would be just that common sense that you would be needing up to make up some adjustments at the time that you've seen that the players or manager have changed in compared into a year ago. Those data on using it would be entirely useless because when it comes to performance or plays then it will be that different but still its not bad to consider on looking up since not all will be that totally replaced but rather having those kind of new drafts on which you would be needing up to make those adjustments basing up on that new player that been added up or into that manager on how he/she made out some game plans. It will be that just that up to you on how you would be seeing things accordingly as a sports bettor on which you do need up to adjust and apply your analysis.
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Re: gambling scenario
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Oilacris
on 16/06/2025, 10:56:55 UTC
I would avoid getting in debt in general, and that specially counts for gambling. Just weight out potential wins and problems that could arise if things don't go out as you planned. Potential losses could be much higher, specially if you borrow money from criminals

As much as possible on which i dont want to take up some loan or borrowing up money on something even if im shortage of money on something important but there are some exemptions to this.
If you are that not wanting to face up some problems later on then its better to avoid but if you are capable on repaying up that loan then it wont be an issue but if you are someone that who isnt that wanting to repay at the first place then that will be a problem. For a gambling scenario such as this then it is indeed a trap because once you are at loss then you are that being that impulsive and being emotional on which at the time comes then it will be that becoming that even more problem if you are just that not mindful at the moment that you are doing something. Gambling on what you can afford to lose and never having that kind of consideration on taking up even more step like getting a loan.